Lily's Pond of Fictional Reflections

TALK ABOUT A COMMUNITY SPACE YOU LIKE. It doesn’t need to be your favourite, or the one where you spend the most time (although it certainly can be). Maybe it’s even one that you’ve barely visited. But talk about that space and how it helps support fannish community.

These are the communities I regularly participate in and completely enjoy:

fan_flashworks which provides a new challenge prompt three times a month, multi-fandom and multimedia.  I've taken part for the last 11.5 years - some prompts really are a challenge, but great for being creative outside the standard boxes.

ushobwri is a great community, encouraging the reluctant writer and cheering the productive one.  Run by brumeier I would recommend checking over on their response for further details.

allbingo is a monthly bingo community, but very easy going and so ideal for me, as I generally go with a 2x2 card and write a chaptered fic.  ysabetwordsmith has written about it in their response

My other major enjoyment (I also take part in various drabble communities) is no_true_pair which runs twice a year, once in March when there are 4 characters and once in September with 8 characters.  To take part, you sign up with either 4 or 8 numbered characters, can be from the same fandom or different ones, and it includes original characters, and then prompts are issued for each date, so that every character meets every other one.

This week I went to see Paddington - the Musical with The Daughter.  It was great fun.  The first half was good, but the second half really took off.  Particular highlights for me were Bonnie Langford as Mrs Bird, Timi Akinyosade as Tony and Brenda Edwards as Tanya.  Plus, of course, Arti Shah, who was inside the Paddington costume.